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- Angling Trades Association Warns Against Illegal Lead Fishing Weights
Anglers are being urged to avoid purchasing lead weights in sizes that are illegal for angling use. The call – made by the Angling Trades Association (ATA) – comes after it conducted research into the sale of lead shot on the internet and in ‘pound shops’. This revealed that some illegal weights are being offered for sale, leaving both the sellers and the users liable to prosecution.
- Salter is back fighting for fishing
Big names from the worlds of fishing and politics have this week welcomed the appointment of former parliamentary angling spokesman Martin Salter as the new National Campaigns Coordinator for the Angling Trust.
Martin, who stood down from the House of Commons at the last election, has recently returned from 'a fishing and writing sabbatical' in Australia which saw him publish a landmark report - Keep Australia Fishing - on the challenges facing the recreational fishing sector. Martin has made good his pre election promise to return and campaign for a better deal for both anglers and for the fisheries on which our sport depends. This new, part time post has been made possible following donations from the Angling Trades Association (ATA) and two individual benefactors who support the Angling Trust.
- Special Bailiff Scheme launched to help stamp out fish theft
Research shows that fish theft and illegal fishing are the two biggest concerns for today's angler.
By joining the Angling Trust and Environment Agency "Special Bailiff Scheme" anglers can help stamp out fish theft on rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries helping to preserve fisheries for generations to come.
- River Wear fish protected from birds by 'hedgehogs'
Devices called hedgehogs are coming to the rescue of fish in the River Wear in the first project of its kind in an English river, according to the Environment Agency.
Conservationists have placed 12 spikey, plastic refuges in the river near Prebends Bridge in Durham to give fish places to hide from predators.
- Angling Trust Media Release : Environment Agency 'Complacent' about Hydropower Regulation
The Angling Trust has written to the Environment Agency demanding action after it was revealed that Settle Hydro on the River Ribble has breached its licence 238 times in just 12 months, but has not faced any enforcement action from the regulator.
Volunteers from the Ribble Fisheries Consultative Association have compiled a catalogue of errors and mismanagement at the hydropower installation since it opened in January 2010 and had opposed its construction because of fears about the impact on salmon and sea trout runs on what is one of the top six rivers for migratory fish in England and Wales.
- Launch of Thames Tunnel Now! : Angling Trust Media Release
Today, 15 major environmental charities and amenity groups representing over 5 million people have come together in a unique coalition in support of proposals to construct the Thames Tunnel to end the scandal of 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage which enters the capital's river every year. Please see below the joint statement agreed by the Thames Tunnel Now partners, including RSPB, WWF, Thames21, Angling Trust and London Wildlife Trust.
- Minister praises anglers as a 'force for good' in the Big Society
Institute of Fisheries Management news release
Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon in his opening address to the Institute of Fisheries Management Annual Conference in Oxford stated that his vision was to unleash the ‘emotional capital’ of anglers as a force for the good of the environment, so playing their part in Big Society. He saw the Government as providing the framework and the anglers playing their part in delivery. Anglers are the eyes and ears, helping others to protect the environment. He cited a number of cases where fishing had improved the quality of people’s lives, including projects such as ‘Get Hooked on Fishing’ and ‘Dreamstore’.
- NATIONAL FISHING MONTH – BETTER THAN EVER
National Fishing Month (NFM) 2011 has been hailed as a resounding success with more than 300 events taking place across the country attracting over 15,000 participants of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and social profiles.
- Angling Trust launches Cormorant Watch micro-site
Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has launched a new web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants,
goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK: www.cormorantwatch.org.
The new site is easy to use and will gather vital data to help persuade government of the need for action to protect fisheries. In its first week nearly 1,000 anglers submitted over 7,000 sightings and now less than a month later over 1,800 anglers have reported 13,185 birds.
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The Angling Foundation is a non-political, non-profit making body which advises on angling and fish welfare issues. It gives guidance on these matters by the production of voluntary standards, guidelines and best practice for all sectors of the sport and industry in the UK. All Angling Foundation guidance takes due regard to environmental and conservation issues.
Additionally the Angling Foundation seeks to further the participation in angling through support of projects for the promotion of angling, especially with young, disabled or disadvantaged groups and projects for the recruitment of new anglers.
The Angling Foundation is supported by the Professional Coarse Fisheries Association, the Angling Trades Association and other angling organisations.
Fisheries Accreditation Scheme
The Angling Foundation are pleased to announce that the Fisheries Accreditation Scheme (FAS) is up and running with a number of lakes now gaining their Gold, Silver or Bronze Accreditation Awards. If you are interested in accrediting your fishery and raising the standards of your lakes to attract more anglers, please visit the FAS site for more details.